From 85b2313d398557e534782199d248fdec895d416e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tobias Ibounig <tobias.ibounig@dynatrace.com>
Date: Fri, 12 Jun 2026 13:57:53 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] perf: empty default for ProviderEvaluation

Signed-off-by: Tobias Ibounig <tobias.ibounig@dynatrace.com>
---
 src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/ProviderEvaluation.java | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/ProviderEvaluation.java b/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/ProviderEvaluation.java
index 0df2f3709..f48befcb6 100644
--- a/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/ProviderEvaluation.java
+++ b/src/main/java/dev/openfeature/sdk/ProviderEvaluation.java
@@ -23,5 +23,5 @@ public class ProviderEvaluation<T> implements BaseEvaluation<T> {
     private String errorMessage;
 
     @Builder.Default
-    private ImmutableMetadata flagMetadata = ImmutableMetadata.builder().build();
+    private ImmutableMetadata flagMetadata = ImmutableMetadata.EMPTY;
 }